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Dodecaphony or Serialism is the use of the twelve semi-tones as the harmonic and structural basis, rather than the traditional harmonic key structure which governed classical music until the turn of the twentieth century. Arnold Schoenberg was the father of twelve-tone composition in the 1930s. Moving into the post-war era, all dodecaphonic or serial musical parameters, including note lengths, dynamics and even timbres were set in rows. After 1948, the Darmstadt “holiday courses” became the centre of Dodecaphony or Serialism for almost a decade. Despite the mathematical and logical basis, twelve-tone composition still produced many highly emotional works such as Luigi Nono’s Il Canto sospeso.
As the technical and electronic possibilities continued to grow and thrive after the war, the first studio solely dedicated to electronic music was founded in Cologne in 1951 by Herbert Eimert. Important electronic music composers were Edgar Varese, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Ernst Krenek, Maurice Kagel, Luciano Berio and Iannis Xenakis, who was also an assistant to the architect Le Corbusier.
Aleatoric comes from the Latin “alea”, meaning dice. Aleatoric composition leaves elements of the music to chance. The American composer John Cage was the first to experiment with aleatoric music, and many others followed, in particular K. Stockhausen, P. Boulez, W. Lutosławski.
Soundscape composition plays with sense and emotion, it uses long drawn musical landscapes to give the listener time to recognise and experience the music in a whole new way. The most important compositions include Atmosphères and Lontano by György Ligeti. Other works of this type were created by Luigi Nono, Krzysztof Penderecki, Iannis Xenakis.
Minimalism also came to Europe from the USA. Minimalism uses repetitive, wide blocks of sound, without strong contrasts or dramatic changes. It is in the repetition, with gradual, small changes, that the minimalist effect is achieved. The pioneers of minimalism in the 1960s were American composers Philip Glass, John Adams, Le Monte Young, Terry Riley and Steve Reich. They were followed in Europe by Henryk Górecki and Arvo Pärt.
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Stimmensatz
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 236541
for: BASS-FL 2 TR SCHLAGW
Score
Item no.: 136150
Study score
Item no.: 1542554
Text by Mollena Lee Williams-Haas
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1541960
for: Piano
Item no.: 485233
2. Der Weinschwelg "Nun ohne Lügen" (13. Jh.)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 738953
4. Abendlied "Augen, meine lieben Fensterlein"
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
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Ewiger Gott! Segne dies Land!
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308762
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 465659
for: AKK 3 4 BASS SCHLAGZ
Item no.: 219608
"Wir reiten, wir reiten in die Kreuz und Quer"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751804
für Ensemble
for: für Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1541905
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 1557592
for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 310354
Kammermusik für 9 Soloinstr.
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 306574
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 306277
Konzert Nr. 2
for: Viola, string orchestra
Single part (Viola solo)
Item no.: 1351691
Bd 004: Symphonie Nr. 4 c-moll
Schostakowitsch - Neue Gesamtausgabe 004 (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 458985
Bd 065: Der helle Bach. Klavierauszug
Schostakowitsch - Neue Gesamtausgabe 065 (Complete edition)
Item no.: 557290
for: Trumpet, organ [piano]
Item no.: 311302
for: Accordion
Item no.: 273337
for: Mixed ensemble
Buch
Item no.: 142927
für Violine solo
Peters East German Library 1949-1990
for: Violin
Music score
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für Posaune und Orchester
for: POS ORCH
Study score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
STR
Item no.: 380264
for: Flexible ensemble
Score
Item no.: 380046
for: ORCH TAPE
Score
Item no.: 380045
for: Voice, orchestra
Study score
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Klassenmusizieren
for: Celtic harp
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Konzertwerk
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1204765
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
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Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 411159
for instruments at pleasure
for: 4 Identically Tuned Instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 329318
CD
Item no.: 1557774
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 387447
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 387770
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 386037
for: Voice (alto)
Item no.: 386883
for: SOPRAN TENOR
Item no.: 386845
Babette's Feast
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1177994
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 842948
per voce sola o coro all, unisono su testi di Michel Butor per violino, violoncello, clarinetto,
for: Solo Voice or Mixed Choir, Unison, opt. Instruments
Score
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per 2 pianoforti
for: 2 pianos
Score
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